Thursday's Notebook

September 5, 1986

Cleveland Indians pitcher Don Schulze is not entitled to damages for injuries he claims to have sustained in a collision with the Famous Chicken, a federal appeals court in St. Louis ruled. Schulze claimed he sustained a separated left shoulder when the Chicken, formerly know as the San Diego Chicken, portrayed by Ted Giannoulas, grabbed him as he was rounding third base, and both men fell to the ground. The incident occurred during a June 1981 exhibition game in Davenport, Iowa.